ROSES AND JASMINES. 
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ment. Fancy and taste may range at will in inventing forms to 
ornament the parterre with roses. Beds of roses, raised pyramid¬ 
ally, have a splendid effect. When the flowers die away in the 
autumn, the mass may he clipped again into form, with the 
garden shears, as you would clip a laurel hedge. 
Standard roses, which are so much in fashion at this time, and 
which always remind one of a housemaid’s long broom for sweep¬ 
ing cobwebs, are beyond a lady’s own management, as budding 
is a troublesome business, and very frequently fails. I will not, 
therefore, touch upon that subject. 
The double yellow rose is very elegant. It requires a western 
aspect, and even prefers north and east, but a warm aspect in¬ 
jures its beauty. It loves a good substantial soil, and will nop 
bear much cutting or removing. Let it alone in its glory, only 
pruning away the old scraggy wood occasionally, to strengthen 
the plant. 
The monthly rose is also a lover of the north and east. It 
blooms through the autumn and winter, has an evergreen leaf, 
and loves a strong soil. It must be propagated by cuttings, and 
parting the roots, as it never throws up suckers. Prune away 
the old wood, and make cuttings in June, July, and August, of 
the branches you clear away. Plant the cuttings in loose, moist 
earth, and do not let them bud till the following year. 'Let the 
cuttings be sunk two joints in the earth, leaving only one exposed. 
The monthly rose climbs, or creeps. 
The Austrian briar, or rose , will not flower if exposed to the 
south. It bears a rich mass of flowers, yellow outside, and deep 
red within. Give it an eastern or western aspect. 
The perpetual, or “ four-season ” rose, requires a rich soil. 
The flower buds appearing in June or July should be pinched 
off, and in winter the plant may be pruned as closely as its 
